Question

is there any easy way to draw all the possible structural isomers of a given carbon compound?

Answer 1

then you need to differentiate one and another first.. can you give an example?

Answer 2

CH3CH2CH2CH3&CH3CH2CH3

Answer 3

the simplest form of CH3CH2CH2CH3 would be butane itself, but it can also involve one methyl group, that would be methylpropane. Consider methyl propane, if the methyl group is bonded to the first C/ last C, it's named butane, so reject the 2 cases, then the other option is bond it to the middle C , that gives 2-methylpropane. so structure isomer of butane is 2-methylpropane.

Answer 4

ps i'm not good at chem so you can consider not believing my saying

Answer 5

i hav studied this one ...the example which u hav given is butane and propane.
u can draw by chain, branch and ring structure.

Answer 6

In butane there are FOUR atoms of Carbon and TEN atoms of Hydrogen.
In propane there are THREE atoms of Carbon and EIGHT atoms of Hydrogen.
In ethane there are TWO atoms of Carbon and SIX atoms of Hydrogen.